Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A prescription for
a poison included in Schedule 4 shall comply with the following
conditions —
(a) it
shall include —
(i)
the name and address of the prescriber; and
(ii)
the name and address of the patient; and
(iii)
the name and quantity of the substance; and
(iv)
directions for use (if necessary); and
(v)
the date on which it is issued; and
(vi)
the maximum number of times it may be repeated, if any,
and (where applicable) the intervals at which it may be repeated;
and
(b) it
shall be issued in a manner provided for in subregulation (1A) or (1B);
and
[(ba) deleted]
(c) a
prescription issued by a dentist shall be for dental purposes only and shall
indicate that and a prescription issued by a veterinary surgeon shall be for
veterinary use only and shall include the words “For veterinary use
only” or “For animal treatment only”;
(d) if a
prescription contains an unusual dose the prescriber shall indicate that such
a dose is intended by —
(i)
in the case of a prescription that is not issued
electronically — underlining that part of the prescription and
initialling the same in the margin; and
(ii)
in the case of a prescription that is issued
electronically — the means provided by the approved electronic
prescribing system;
(e) a
prescription shall not bear the impression of a rubber stamp or other such
contrivance in lieu of the written signature of the medical practitioner,
nurse practitioner, dentist or veterinary surgeon by whom it has been written;
and
(f) a
prescription shall not be written in cipher.
(1A) A prescription
that is issued electronically shall be issued via an approved electronic
prescribing system.
(1B) A prescription
that is not issued electronically shall be either —
(a)
written in ink in the prescriber’s own handwriting; or
(b)
processed on a computer program that —
(i)
complies with the criteria specified in Appendix L;
or
(ii)
is recommended by the Poisons Advisory Committee and
approved in writing by the CEO.
The prescription shall
be signed by the prescriber in his or her own handwriting.
(2) With the written
approval of the CEO a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, dentist or
veterinary surgeon may issue a typewritten prescription where the CEO is
satisfied that by reason of physical infirmity the prescriber is unable to
write legibly in his or her own handwriting but in that case the prescriber
shall sign the prescription with his or her usual signature.
[Regulation 37 inserted in Gazette
19 Feb 1971 p. 519; amended in Gazette 21 Nov 1986
p. 4269; 5 Dec 1986 p. 4467; 17 Aug 1990
p. 4081; 26 Jul 1991 p. 3854; 7 Aug 1992
p. 3869; 26 May 1994 p. 2201; 19 Mar 1996
p. 1222; 15 Dec 2006 p. 5630; 7 Nov 2008
p. 4810-11; amended by Act No. 9 of 2003 s. 45.]
[Heading deleted in Gazette 12 Aug 2003 p. 3663.]